NPO The Japan Association for Language Teaching

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    Assessment for Learning

    Dmitri Leontjev: University of Jyvรคskylรค, FinlandThe symposium wants to bring together Assessment for Learning in the range of CLIL and the CEFR. In this symposium we will feature a number of speakers on the topic of ‘Assessment for Learning in CLIL classrooms: Conceptualisations and Practical Applications’. During the symposium, each presenter will discuss their research […]

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    Getting to know CEFR: An introduction to the Common European Framework of Reference

    Jack Bower, Gary CookThis is a joint event by Nara Chapter and CEFR & LP SIG The focus of this event is on language frameworks and in particular the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The event is co-hosted by the JALT CEFR and Language Portfolio SIG and features two speakers: Jack Bower, a local […]

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    Business English as a Lingua Franca and the CEFR Companion Volume in the Japanese context

    Katrin LichterfeldIn spite of an increase in educational and in-company programmes, Japan is among the four countries (together with China, Russia and South Korea), where employers notice the highest gap between English skills required in the workplace and those available. What support could the CEFR Companion Volume (2018) and the use of BELF offer? Many […]

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    CEFR and CLIL – The praxis of teaching, learning, and assessment with CEFR and CLIL

    Dr Masashi NEGISHI (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), Dr Yuen Yi LO (University of Hong Kong)With increased interest in the integration of CEFR and CLIL, this international symposium & workshop serves to further the educational discussion within CEFR in all levels of education, with the additional understanding of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Instruction). Our […]

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    CEFR & Action Research – Working Meeting

    Maria Gabriela Schmidt, Noriko Nagai, Gregory Birch, Jack Bower, Naoyuki NaganumaThis meeting will be a follow-up event to the CEFR & LP SIG Forum held online at the JALT 2020 International Conference. The purpose is to give an introduction to our current KAKEN research project, which was granted in April 2020 (no. 20K00759) and entitled […]

  • CEFR and Language Portfolio

    Multilingual Cafe (OLE SIG)

    Monika Szirmai, Gabriela SchmidtThe Multilingual Cafe of OLE SIG offers this time a special focus. The meeting will provide an opportunity to encounter Hungarian Language and Culture in the first half. In the second half we are going to use ZOOM with breakout rooms for the different languages. Languages may differ each time depending on […]